Intentions to Marry, 1910 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840442, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1910 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1910a), Wellington, , Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Westland (1910b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1910c).

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District of Thames Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar William H Potts

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

21 February 1910

Francis William George Dare
Mary Lanning

Francis William George Dare
Mary Lanning
💍 1910/556

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

31
29

Thames
Thames

2 days
2 weeks

In the House of Mr Lanning, Tararu, Thames

10/504

23 February 1910

Rev J Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

No	8
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William George Dare	Mary Lanning
	💍 1910/556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	In the House of Mr Lanning, Tararu, Thames
Folio	10/504
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Blight, Methodist Church of Australasia

1 March 1910

Edward George Coutts
Bessie Roowe

Edward George Coutts
Bessie Rowe
💍 1910/557

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker
Domestic duties

26
21

Thames
Thames

26 years
21 years

In the house of Mrs Bennetts, Moanatairi, Thames

10/505

1 March 1910

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	1 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Coutts	Bessie Roowe
BDM Match (96%)	Edward George Coutts	Bessie Rowe
	💍 1910/557
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Bennetts, Moanatairi, Thames
Folio	10/505
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

11 March 1910

Percy Arthur Over
Millie Ellen Lowrie

Percy Arthur Over
Millie Ellen Lowrie
💍 1910/530

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic duties

22
16

Thames
Thames

6 months
16 years

In the house of Mr Lowrie, Rolleston St, Thames

10/550

Samuel Lowrie (Father)

11 March 1910

Elder Wm. Balis, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints

No	10
Date of Notice	11 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Arthur Over	Millie Ellen Lowrie
	💍 1910/530
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic duties
Age	22	16
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 months	16 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Lowrie, Rolleston St, Thames
Folio	10/550
Consent	Samuel Lowrie (Father)
Date of Certificate	11 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Elder Wm. Balis, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints

21 March 1910

Edward James Easter
Esther Muriel Clark

Edward James Easter
Esther Muriel Clark
💍 1910/560

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic duties

30
23

Thames
Puriri, Thames

30 years
23 years

In the house of Mr Clark, Puriri

10/508

21 March 1910

Rev G. F. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

No	11
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Easter	Esther Muriel Clark
	💍 1910/560
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Puriri, Thames
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Clark, Puriri
Folio	10/508
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G. F. Hunt, Primitive Methodist

21 March 1910

William Thomas Cook
Hannah Maud Reid

William Thomas Cox
Hannah Maud Reid
💍 1910/559

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic duties

34
31

Thames
Thames

34 years
31 years

In the House of Mr Reid, Parawai, Thames

10/507

21 March 1910

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Cook	Hannah Maud Reid
BDM Match (95%)	William Thomas Cox	Hannah Maud Reid
	💍 1910/559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic duties
Age	34	31
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	34 years	31 years
Marriage Place	In the House of Mr Reid, Parawai, Thames
Folio	10/507
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

22 March 1910

Henry Male
Eliza Heard

Henry Male
Eliza Heard
💍 1910/558

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
34

Thames
Thames

2 days
3 days

In the house of Mrs Rulmann, Karaka Creek, Thames

10/506

24 March 1910

Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	22 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Male	Eliza Heard
	💍 1910/558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Rulmann, Karaka Creek, Thames
Folio	10/506
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Milne, Presbyterian

29 March 1910

Albert Victor Brown
Ethel Ellen Trail

Albert Victor Brown
Ethel Ellen Trail
💍 1910/8282

Bachelor
Divorced 1st June 1909

Saw Mill Hand
Domestic duties

24
29

Thames
Thames

5 days
3 months

In the Registrars Office, Mackay St, Thames

10/496

29 March 1910

William H. Potts, Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Victor Brown	Ethel Ellen Trail
	💍 1910/8282
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 1st June 1909
Profession	Saw Mill Hand	Domestic duties
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	3 months
Marriage Place	In the Registrars Office, Mackay St, Thames
Folio	10/496
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	William H. Potts, Registrar

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).